After earning my PhD in Exercise & Wellness from Arizona State University in 2002, I began a journey of career-hopping across four universities in search of the place I could call my academic home. Ironically it wasn't until several years later I realized my search for "home" was a call to search within. 

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All of this led to intense study and teaching focus on happiness and social-emotional well-being skills.  After a lifetime of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and achievement orientation,  and the results I continue to see in my research, teaching, and practice,,  my mission is to inspire others in a transformation  through innovative tools and solutions  that harness the power of stories, movies, technologies, and games. 

 

I get super excited about expanding minds and empowering lives, one experiment, one movie, one story,  or one game at a time,  and I want to know how I can help you!

 

I've seen first-hand how applying mini science-based skills in a more playful and experimental way makes all the difference in making lasting change!  My self-awareness, self-regulation, insight, social-awareness, decision-making, relationship skills, courage,  stress, sense of purpose, and connection have all improved, and I finally have the space for creating more joy in my life! 

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